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Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Advocate-Messenger and appears here with permission.

Patrons and passers by might not have noticed Monday, but a longtime Perryville funeral home passed from one family to another.

Wilder Funeral Home will now be operated by former Lawrenceburg residents David and wife Lea Ellen Walden, maintaining the name for the time being and, according to the Waldens, not missing a beat. Their son Kyle will also help run the funeral home.

Tire and rubber manufacturer Bridgestone Americas announced that Emily Baker Richard, a daughter of Darrell and Jean Baker of Lawrenceburg, has joined its team as its director of communications, according to a news release.

Richard will be responsible for defining strategies and managing communications pertaining to Bridgestone America’s reputation, teammates, operations and businesses across its manufacturing sites/communities throughout North America and in Africa.

Sheriff Troy Young checked off one of the biggest items on his office’s bucket list last week when his office became just the 15th in the state to receive full accreditation from the Kentucky Association of Chiefs of Police (KACP).

“In my 30 years, it’s probably one of the top accomplishments that I’ve been a part of,” Young said last week after he and Det. Sgt. Bryan Taylor returned from a ceremony in northern Kentucky where they received the award.